About Us
Beth is founder and publisher of The Georgetown Dish. With journalism in her blood – her aunt was Nina Hyde, fashion editor of The Washington Post – Beth started as a freelance radio reporter for the Voice of America in East Africa, covering civil wars in Sudan and famine in Ethiopia. She worked for ABC News in Berlin, and then as a speechwriter for U.S. Senator Sam Nunn. … [read more]
Robb is co-founder of The Georgetown Dish and leads product development for the site including all technology development. Robb is also founder and Chief Trailblazer (i.e., expert online marketer) at his online marketing consulting firm, Third Path Media. Prior to Third Path Media, Robb was the Director of Online at Envision EMI, a company the New York Times called a … [read more]
John is founder and CEO of divbox llc, a leader in web technology development, with over 15 years of experience in the web development industry. John's expertise spans business and technical management in internet product development and web analytics. He worked at America Online for 13 years, working his way up to Technical Director of AOL's Registration Team. Leading a … [read more]
In addition to her writing and editorial roles at The Georgetown Dish, Judith is vice president of business development. After a government career at The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Judith returned to her love of the arts full-time. As associate publisher for The West End Guide, a local independent news magazine, Judith wrote a monthly column about … [read more]
Chuck Thies is co-host of 89.3 FM WPFW's "D.C. Politics" show. For the past 20 years he has worked in politics, advocacy, communications and on other endeavors in D.C., across the U.S., Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He can be found on Twitter at http://twitter.com/chuckthies. … [read more]
Janet “Jan” Staihar is a writer, communications strategist, and sometimes photographer. Her DC-based company is Staihar & Associates LLC. She is a native of Oregon where she attended the U of O, and is a journalism graduate of the University of Iowa. She wrote and edited for the Associated Press in Newark, Baltimore, Atlantic City and Washington DC. She covered … [read more]
Simon Jacobsen was born and raised in Georgetown and has never left. He is the Managing Design Partner of the Georgetown architectural firm Jacobsen Architecture, LLC and practices internationally with his father Hugh Newell Jacobsen. Simon Jacobsen is an award winning designer and a member of Architectural Digest's AD100, the alpha list of the best architects and … [read more]
Michael Meaney is a Georgetown University senior from Tucson, Arizona, studying International Politics in the School of Foreign Service, with a concentration in Foreign Policy, and is aiming for a certificate in International Business Diplomacy. He is the President of the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA). Outside of Georgetown, Mike's pursuits include … [read more]
Hillary Leeb is a California native, with a degree in English from Dickinson College, Hillary spent her summers in New York City pursuing a journalism career with magazines such as SpaFinder, Budget Travel, and Cosmopolitan. Prior to relocating to D.C., Hillary was a Junior Account Executive at a public relations and marketing agency with a focus in the foreign wine … [read more]
Leslie Maysak is a local writer and longtime Georgetown resident. A Boston native, Leslie moved to Washington in 1999 and has been an active member of various community organizations and initiatives including Share Our Strength, The Citizens Association of Georgetown and Friends of Volta Park as well as a board member and committee member of several non-profit … [read more]
Page Evans lives in Georgetown with her two daughters and Angus, their black Lab. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Washingtonian and various other publications. Her essay on motherhood, “Sharks and Jets,” is in “Mommy Wars,” (Random House, 2006). She also has a piece in “2 To Do Before I Die,” (Little Brown, 2005). She is currently working on a book of … [read more]
The Georgetown Current publishes weekly on Wednesdays. It is part of The Current Newspapers group, whose combined circulation of more than 52,000 attests to the continued popularity of its mix of local news, human interest and community-based reporting. … [read more]
The Georgetown Metropolitan is an online news source for Georgetown. It covers all the significant developments that affect the neighborhood, with topics ranging from transportation, real estate, and retail to zoning, education, and many others. Named after the Metropolitan newspaper, which was printed in Georgetown during the 1820s, the modern day Georgetown Metropolitan … [read more]
Leslie Kamrad is an attorney at the National Trust for Historic Preservation when she is not using her artistic talents in Georgetown as a photographer. As an active member of the Citizens Association for Georgetown on its Historic Preservation Committee, she loves architectural photography and the study of history and culture, and is a member of the DC Historic Districts … [read more]
Tricia Huntley is the owner and principal designer of Huntley & Co. Interior Design, Inc. Ms. Huntley founded her firm after receiving her master's degree from George Washington University and working for ten years in the fields of hospitality and residential design. Her past and present projects include a Pennsylvania Avenue apartment, a Georgetown pied-a-terre, … [read more]
Heidi Kallett is the CEO and President of The Dandelion Patch, a fine stationery store founded in 1994 with locations in Vienna, Reston, Leesburg and most recently, Georgetown. In an effort to revive the mall the Dandelion Patch now calls home, Heidi teamed up with fellow mall residents Kassie Rempel and Stephanie Kennedy to found the Georgetown Angels, dedicated to … [read more]
I live in Washington, DC and work at HealthCentral. I am a graduate of The Gow School class '02 for which I attended for four years. Then I spent one year at American University and two years at Landmark College, which is in Putney, Vermont; and I completed the one year program at The New York Film Academy, where I studied directing and editing films. In order to graduate … [read more]
Kiki Ryan is a Los Angeles native turned Georgetown resident who has been covering the Washington social scene since arriving here three years ago. She began her career in journalism co-writing the "Yeas and Nays" gossip column for The Washington Examiner. From there she was recruited in the summer of 2009 to help launch Politico's "Click" section, where she served as … [read more]
After a career as a Senate staffer on Capitol Hill, Gwendolyn van Paasschen left politics in 1990 to study garden design. She began her education at the George Washington University School of Professional Studies, working as a volunteer at Tudor Place in Georgetown, designing a roof garden in downtown Washington DC, and working on other small projects. She completed her … [read more]
Katherine Tallmadge, president of Personalized Nutrition and author of "Diet Simple: 195 Mental Tricks, Substitutions, Habits & Inspirations," is internationally recognized and respected in the nutrition and weight loss field. Media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and president of the D.C. Metro Area Dietetic Association, she regularly appears … [read more]
Emma doubles as a D.C. college student and avid blogger, while dabbling in the art of freelance writing. She is a junior at the American University majoring in Journalism with minors in International Studies and Psychology. Although originally from Plantation, Florida, Emma has fallen hard for the district and is formulating plans to stay post graduation. … [read more]
Janet Donovan is President, Creative Enterprises International, a Washington-based publicity firm. She has lived in France, Spain and Italy and is conversant in the three languages. Her column, Hollywood on the Potomac, appears in Washington Life Magazine and can also be found at hollywoodonthepotomac.blogspot.com. She plans to re-launch her radio show The Beltway Broads … [read more]
“Frida is the sexiest 93-year-old I’ve ever seen,” said a guest at the Georgetown House Tour Patrons’ Party. “No one ever says no to Frida. She’s flirtatious and charming even while she’s twisting your arm,” he added, speaking of her ability to persuade hesitant Georgetowners to open their cherished homes for the hundreds of strangers who troop through on the annual tour. … [read more]
As founder and president of Flying Colors Broadcasts based in Georgetown, Constance Chatfield-Taylor assists clients in the design, development, integration and ongoing management of communications networks. Her company has provided live broadcast coordination to the White House, Senate and House Committees, USIA and VOA for both democratic and republican administrations … [read more]
Mary is a social columnist for TheGeorgetownDish and other publications. She previously served as a consulting editor to The Social Register Observer in New York. She is a board member of the Wellness Community–Greater Washington, which provides support to cancer patients and their caregivers, and Forum Theatre. She is active in the The National Society of Arts and … [read more]
April Jones Firoozabadi is a fashion stylist and consultant and creator of MyDCStyle.com, which provides the latest trends in fashion and tips on how women can look their best in the Nation's Capital. Her unique style, blending elegance with versatile trends, began as a a young girl when April often raided her mother's closet mixing and matching chunky heels with sheath … [read more]
